Japan finance minister denies he was drunk at G-7
He said he may have taken too much medicine, including cold medicine: “That is the fact, and I am sorry about it.”
Riiight.
Given that Japanese GDP shrank 12.7% annualized in Q4, I think we can cut the finance minister some slack. Of course, we all still want to see the video.
Video 1 (ambiguous)
Where can I find some of that cold medicine?
Update
Poor guy resigned. It is probably not the world’s most stress-free job at this point anyway, but still.
Actually, what he said made some sense, it was just slurred.
Basically, (in the second video) he said that things got worse after Lehmans and AIG went bye bye, and a more detailed plan was needed.
Was he drunk? Maybe. But what he was saying is more sober than the rah-rahism I STILL hear to Fox News.